Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Jones
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding. This was an action in debt, brought by appellee, Charles L. Jones, against appellant, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Bailroad Company, under the act of 1873, to recover penalties for alleged overcharges on shipments of live stock from points on appellant’s road in this State to the Union Stock Tards, Chicago.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox county; the Hon. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding. This was an action in debt, brought by appellee, Charles L. Jones, against appellant, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Bailroad Company, under the act of 1873, to recover penalties for alleged overcharges on shipments of live stock from points on appellant’s road in this State to the Union Stock Tards, Chicago. The suit was brought in the circuit court of Knox county, on October 17, 1882. On May 25, 1883, appellee filed a declaration, consisting of two special counts. The first count alleged that the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruber
The questions, presented by this record, concern the validity of the system, under which, for twenty years or more, the rates of railroad charges for the transportation of passengers and freight have been controlled and regulated by this State through the medium of a board of Bailroad and Warehouse Commissioners.
The principal "points, raised by the demurrers to the pleas, by the objections to the introduction of evidence, and by the refusal of instructions, relate to the constitutionality of the Act of the legislature of this State, approved. May 2, 1873, in force July 1, 1873, entitled “An…
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